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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has
sought assurances from the NHS on the preparedness of NHS organisations in the event
that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

<p>The Department is working with its partners across Government, arm’s-length bodies,
local authorities, industry and the wider health and care system to ensure that all
relevant parties are prepared for exiting the European Union. The quality and safety
of patient care is paramount in our preparedness plans.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department
has to work with the NHS and other partners in primary and community care to increase
health visitor numbers in (a) the UK, (b) Teesside, and (c) Stockton South constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance NHS England
has issued to NHS bodies in England on the implementation of the National Health Service
(Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015, as amended.

<p>The Department has issued guidance and resources to providers of National Health
Service funded secondary care that sets out the rules and best practice to follow
for the effective and consistent implementation of the NHS charging regulations.</p><p>This
guidance and all resources are publicly available on GOV.UK at the following link:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nhs-visitor-and-migrant-cost-recovery-programme"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nhs-visitor-and-migrant-cost-recovery-programme</a></p><p>The
Department has published guidance to providers on how the charging regulations will
be amended in a ‘no deal’ European Union exit.</p><p>The guidance is available on
GOV.UK at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-overseas-visitors-hospital-charging-regulations"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-overseas-visitors-hospital-charging-regulations</a></p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of
22 July 2019 to Question 277855, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion
of Windows XP machines operating across the NHS that are unable to be updated.

<p>We estimate there are approximately 2,300 machines in the National Health Service
currently still operating on Windows XP which is no longer supported by Microsoft.
To be compliant with the mandatory Data Security and Protection Toolkit, NHS organisations
must operate on supported systems or have plans in place to mitigate the risk such
as segregating those machines from the network. There are valid reasons why some machines
cannot be upgraded from Windows XP, primarily where they run essential locally developed
clinical systems that cannot be upgraded or replaced.</p><p>We are supporting NHS
organisations to upgrade their existing Microsoft Windows operating systems, allowing
them to reduce potential vulnerabilities and increase cyber resilience.</p><p>We signed
a multi-million pound contract with Microsoft in 2018 to support the NHS to upgrade
their existing Microsoft Windows operating systems onto Windows 10.</p><p>All health
and care organisations that have access to NHS patient data must annually complete
NHS Digital’s Data Security and Protection Toolkit. This details the standards we
expect them to adhere to and Data Security Standard 8 advocates that no unsupported
operating systems, software or internet browsers are used within the IT estate.</p>

<p>The Government has made it clear that European Union citizens living in the United
Kingdom on or before exit day will remain eligible for free National Health Service
care as long as they remain ordinarily resident here. Should an EU citizen not be
entitled to free NHS care, the Government has announced that they will continue to
be charged at 100% of the standard NHS tariff.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion
of NHS hospital sites in England are compliant with his Department's guidance entitled,
NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.

<p>The level and appropriateness of car parking charges at National Health Service
sites is the responsibility of the local NHS trust. The Department have published
the NHS Car Parking Principles which clearly state that concessions should be offered
to groups who most need help, such as disabled people including those with blue badges
and temporary disabilities.</p><p>Information is not collected on car parking costs,
concessionary parking arrangements for blue badge holders or the number of private
provider companies that operate NHS hospital car parks in England.</p>

<p>The level and appropriateness of car parking charges at National Health Service
sites is the responsibility of the local NHS trust. The Department have published
the NHS Car Parking Principles which clearly state that concessions should be offered
to groups who most need help, such as disabled people including those with blue badges
and temporary disabilities.</p><p>Information is not collected on car parking costs,
concessionary parking arrangements for blue badge holders or the number of private
provider companies that operate NHS hospital car parks in England.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking
to ensure EU nationals are aware of the evidence they need to provide to access healthcare
in the UK in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

<p>The Department is working closely with other Government departments and the National
Health Service to ensure that European Union citizens are aware of the requirements
to access healthcare in the event of the United Kingdom leaving the EU without a deal.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have a large-scale public information campaign
setting out what business and the public need to know as we prepare to leave the EU.
Further guidance and information will be published in due course.</p><p>We have published
the following guidance on GOV.UK which is available at the following links:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/healthcare-for-eu-and-efta-citizens-visiting-the-uk"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/healthcare-for-eu-and-efta-citizens-visiting-the-uk</a></p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/healthcare-for-eu-and-efta-nationals-living-in-the-uk"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/healthcare-for-eu-and-efta-nationals-living-in-the-uk</a></p><p>
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